Meningitis due to hematogenous dissemination of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a patient with AIDS.
Meningitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a rare clinical presentation but has been well documented in postneurosurgical patients. To our knowledge, no case of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus meningitis has been previously reported in a nonneurosurgical patient with AIDS. In this case report we describe a person with AIDS who had no history of a neurosurgical procedure, shunt devices, head trauma, or recent hospitalization that presented with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus meningitis. The infection was successfully treated. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusshould be considered in the differential of meningitis in people with AIDS.
Sayana
Shilpa
S
Department of Medicine, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Los Angeles, California 90028, USA. shilpa.sayana@aidshealth.org
Khanlou
Homayoon
H
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*